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Jen, What amzaing news! Congratulations on your achievement. Don't sweat the plot holes...a first draft is supposed to suck. The achievement is having got all that down in order to improve upon it. I'm envious, but mostly I'm happy for you. Hoist a glass of your favorite beverage(and then get to work on that 2nd draft!).

Greg - my favorite beverage of the moment is coffee, considering I finished around 8 a.m. this morning, lol. But I think I need some down time to do some additional research reading and let things incubate before starting the second draft.

That is awesome! What a gargantuan project (well, I'm speaking from a layman's perspective). With fiction you write first and propose second, right? I've explored with non fiction writing (i.e. bought a book on how to do it! haha) and I think you propose first, write later. Good luck and congrats!! I am thoroughly impressed.

I was watching your word count on the side bar and wondering when this announcement would come! Congratulations! That is a stellar acheivement and I am very very impressed.Tip back a glass and celebrate, friend!

Now... to meet my goal (as in: the goal we set together) I need to write (pulls out fingers and toes) 21,000 words in three days... so that would be (fingers and toes again)... um... 7,000 words a day.

Thanks so much, Karen! I'm feeling pretty good about it. But now I'm wondering what footwear Julianna needs, lol. Your post reminded me of the old Alias episodes when Jennifer Garner would jump out a three-story building in 4 inch heels and an evening gown and land on her feet and keep running...

Wow! Go you! Don't worry if the first draft is all muddled. That is totally normal. Hemingway said the first draft is, well, crap (or some word like that). The important thing is that you finished it. That is more than 90% of ppl do (me included).

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